miércoles, 19 de marzo de 2014

martes, 18 de marzo de 2014

lunes, 17 de marzo de 2014

WORD OF THE DAY :: Sledge ( noun )

Sledge /sleʤ/

Definition :: An object used for travelling over snow and ice with long, narrow strips of woodor metal under it instead of wheels. It can be either a low frame, or a vehicle like a carriage pulled by horses or dogs = Snow vehicle = Trineo

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domingo, 16 de marzo de 2014

WORD OF THE DAY :: Harness ( noun )

Harness /ˈhɑːnɪs/ 

Definition :: A piece of equipment with straps and belts, used to control or hold in place a person, animal, or object = Arnés.

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RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ENGLISH :: TALKING DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION : howjsay

Una herramienta útil que podemos usar para escuchar la pronunciación de una palabra en inglés es :

RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ENGLISH :: PHONETIC ENGLISH TRANSCRIPTION : Phonetizer & Photransedit online

Una herramienta muy útil para poder obtener cómodamente la transcripción fonética, Británica o Americana, de una palabra escrita en inglés es utilizar PHONETIZER.
Está disponible el software para mac o windows y la versión online. 




También tenemos en versión online PHOTRANSEDIT.





viernes, 7 de marzo de 2014

GRAMMAR :: Quantifiers, enough

Enough

enough = suficiente / bastante

enough + noun ( enough money / enough people , etc )

e.g. We have enough money = Tenemos suficiente dinero.

enough without noun

e.g. You're always at home. You don't go out enough = Siempre estás en casa. No sales bastante.

adjective / adverb + enough ( good enough / tall enough , etc )

e.g. I arrived early enough = Llegué lo suficientemente temprano.


GRAMMAR :: Quantifiers, too / not enough

Too

too = demasiado

too + adjective / adverb

e.g. It's too loud = está demasiado alto

too much + Uncountable noun / Verb

e.g. There is too much salt in this food = Hay demasiada sal en esta comida.

too many + Plural countable noun

e.gThere are too many students in this classroom = Hay demasiados estudiantes en esta clase.

Not enough

enough = suficiente / bastante

not + adjective / adverb + enough

e.g. He isn't old enough to drive = No es lo suficientemente mayor para conducir

Too / Not enough

Too big

e.g. The hat is too big for him = el sombrero es demasiado grande para él


Not big enough

e.g. The hat isn't big enough for him = El sombrero no es lo bastante grande para él.



miércoles, 5 de marzo de 2014

GRAMMAR :: This / That / These / Those


 


This / That / These / Those  +  sustantive or without sustantive

That = algo que ha ocurrido / algo que alguien acaba de decir.

This / That can refer to people in the following situations:

(Telephone):  This is ....    e.g. Hi Sarah, this is David. = ( Hola Sarah, soy David. )
                     Is That ...?  e.g. Is that Sarah? = ( ¿eres Sarah? )



(Introduce people): This is ... e.g.       

          A: Brian, this is Chris. = ( Brian, esta es Chris .)
          B: Hello, Chirs - nice to meet you = ( Hola, Chirs - encantado de conocerte )
          C: Hi. = ( Hola )




like this / like that = así ( de este modo / de ese modo )

e.g. Don't do it like that. Do it like this = ( No lo hagas así. Hazlo así ).
      Don't look at me like that = ( No me mires así )
                

domingo, 2 de marzo de 2014

RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ENGLISH :: DICTIONARY: Useful online dictionaries

The most useful online dictionaries that I use when I want to know the meaning of english words in Spanish are: 

ONLINE
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